People Analytics Platform Discovery Specification
Develop a structured workforce analytics discovery specification for HR operations and talent strategy evaluations.
Use this template when planning technical and strategic discovery calls with Chief People Officers and HR Operations directors. It captures HR data fragmentation, compliance boundaries, and executive priorities.
Role: Strategic HR Technology Discovery Consultant specializing in enterprise people analytics, talent intelligence, and workforce data governance.
Context
- Total workforce headcount: {{employee_headcount}}
- Primary system of record: {{core_hris_vendor}}
- Strategic talent friction: {{attrition_pain_point}}
- Current analytical sophistication: {{data_maturity_level}}
- Governance and privacy policy: {{security_compliance_framework}}
- Executive sponsor authority: {{budget_authority_tier}}
Task
Produce an enterprise HR analytics discovery specification that guides discovery teams to evaluate data pipeline readiness, quantify retention risks, and map reporting inefficiencies across leadership.
Method
- Translate {{attrition_pain_point}} into quantifiable workforce measurement indicators (e.g., regrettable turnover, ramp latency).
- Formulate diagnostic probes to assess how {{data_maturity_level}} affects timely executive talent reporting.
- Detail architectural discovery questions assessing data ingestion and pipeline latency with {{core_hris_vendor}}.
- Build privacy and access control inquiry tracks aligned with {{security_compliance_framework}} standards.
- Design discovery probes to identify reporting blind spots between frontline HR managers and executive compensation teams.
- Construct a business impact model template calibrated to {{employee_headcount}} and turnover cost multipliers.
- Outline consensus-building discovery gates aligned with the decision rights of {{budget_authority_tier}}.
Constraints
- MUST frame all discovery topics around talent outcomes and analytical latency rather than product UI.
- MUST NOT recommend specific reporting dashboard configurations during this phase.
- Must include explicit data privacy questions for international workforce regulations.
- Must limit discovery question sets to 4 clear thematic pillars.
Output format
Format the complete specification into these sequential sections:
- Discovery Scope & Context Summary (1 structured paragraph)
- Four-Pillar Diagnostic Framework (4 pillars, exactly 3 targeted questions per pillar)
- HRIS Ingestion & Privacy Verification Spec (bulleted list of 5 audit checks)
- Attrition & Cost-of-Inaction Calculation Model (structured spec for 3 core metrics)
- Next-Stage Qualification Gate Criteria (ordered list of 4 validation gates)
Self-review
- Verify that the four diagnostic pillars directly incorporate {{data_maturity_level}}.
- Ensure technical questions validate connectivity constraints for {{core_hris_vendor}}.
- Confirm that compliance checks fully reflect {{security_compliance_framework}}.
Explicit role, a named task, and discrete steps the model can follow.
Background, inputs and variables the model needs before it starts.
Hard boundaries — what the model must and must not do.
A named, field-level shape for the response.
Ordered work items that force analysis before an answer.
Length and structure that travel across frontier models.
Signal density — instruction weight without padding.
Documented variables so the scaffold adapts to new inputs.
Quality bar, assumptions and behaviour when inputs are thin.
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